Sunday, March 15, 2009

Team Spirit

This morning I woke up early (10 AM on a Sunday is early) to watch the Blazers-Hawks game with Jessica on TV. Now, Jessica enjoys NBA games for very different reasons than the one(s) I do. The cheerleaders, the blimps that fly around the arena dropping coupons, the t-shirt gun, THAT'S what brings her to the Rose Garden. Anyway, at the last game we went to see (Blazers v. T-Wolves), our seats were right behind the basket and during the 2nd half, the Blazer cheerleaders walked around and handed out inflatablebangey things designed to distract opposing teams while they're shooting free throws. Needless to say, Jess has lots of fun with those, and she took them home. That led to this exchange today, when the game wasn't going well for the good guys:

Jessica: *Bangs plastic flappers together*

Me: Damn it! Stupid Joe Johnson.

Jessica: *Bangs plastic flappers together*

Me: Mike Bibby....Mike Bibby....

Jessica: *Bangs plastic flappers together*

Me: We needed to today, Greg. We needed you.

Jessica: *Bangs plastic flappers together*

Me: Jessica, ENOUGH! Just because we're watching a game on TV doesn't mean you get to pretend we're sitting under the basket. Just stop.